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  • A Movie Critic Loses Her Screening Privileges (But Gets ‘Em Back) (Debbie Schlussel Alert(

    11/22/2010 12:03:27 AM PST · by goldstategop · 12 replies
    New York Times ^ | 11/21/2010 | Michel Cieply
    Ms. Schlussel, a well-known conservative with an interest in Islam, speculates that she may have been shut out for having slammed Paramount’s documentary critique of the public education system, “Waiting for Superman.” On Oct. 8, Ms. Schlussel asked in a review whether anybody really believed that the well-parented, highly intelligent, behaviorally intact children portrayed in “Waiting for Superman” were typical of inner city kids. “Only if you are a moron,” she wrote, in her typically take-no-prisoners fashion. “And that’s how I’d describe anyone who buys into this movie.” After that, said Ms. Schussel, she became “haraam.” That would be Arabic,...